you are not providing enough information to try and troubleshoot blindly
just try the version you have inside a virtual machine, that will give a definitive answer whether the problem is your setup or the software
i downloaded last version in this link :
http://zeit-coin.com/Zeitcoin-qt.rar
and use this zietcoin.conf
rpcuser="Zeit"
rpcpassword="Zeitgeist"
addnode=54.213.62.154
addnode=54.213.81.163
addnode=54.213.195.38
addnode=54.213.243.144
addnode=54.213.174.35
rpcallowip=*
rpcport=44843
server=1
daemon=1
listen=1
rpcconnect=127.0.0.1
after run wallet 0 active connection to zeit network ...